We
have received the sad news of the death of Edward Greenfield OBE
who was our President from 1997 until 2009.

An
obituary can be read at

www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/02/edward-greenfield

Daventry
update

Next
FRMS Music Weekend

22nd-24th April 2016

FRMS
- WHO ARE WE?

The
Federation of Recorded Music Societies (FRMS) can claim to have played
its part in developing greater enthusiasm and understanding of recorded
classical music over a substantial portion of the past century.

As
the "National Federation of Gramophone Societies", the Federation
was launched in 1936. Although the title has been changed to reflect
more recent developments, the aims of the movement have remained basically
unaltered and the attraction is still present in the 21st century as
over 200 societies continue to ply their trade.
...more

ADVANTAGES
OF AFFILIATION TO THE FRMS

Our main function is to manage licensing arrangements with Performing
Right Society Ltd (PRS) and Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) for the
licences necessary for performing recorded music in public, on terms
favourable to our members. The fees are greatly reduced from those normally
applied by these organisations for individual licences. A particular
benefit of this arrangement is that it is the society itself that is
licensed and not the premises. This means that the society is covered
for PRS and PPL wherever it chooses to meet....more

FEATURED
LINK

Every
so often we will highlight one of the links on our Links
Page for your special attention.

What
is this site about? Well, the name says it all. We will remember singers
from the past but we will also note todays operatic news and discuss
future plans of interest.

Nostalgia items is what we mainly offer though ranging from reviews of
cds, books, dvds, photos, singer profiles, discographies and
much more dealing with legendary and not so legendary singers of yesteryear
and yes, today as well.